ECDC releases new web pages on the Surveillance of Healthcare-associated Infections

05 May 2011

On the occasion of World Hand Hygiene Day, 5th May, ECDC is releasing new web pages dedicated to the Healthcare-associated Infections Surveillance Network (HAI-Net). HAI-Net is a European network for HAI surveillance, coordinated by ECDC.

The new web pages comprise information on the network and its activities, related events and documents, such as the Improving Patient Safety in Europe Technical Implementation Report, 2005-2008. ECDC continues to work to develop an interactive online database, displaying reports from the European Surveillance System (TESSy) with surveillance data on occurrence and spread of HAI in Europe.

For a third consecutive year, on 5th May, the World Health Organisation (WHO) is organising the SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands, an annual global campaign to support health-care workers to improve hand hygiene in health care and thus support the prevention of HAI.